tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458724113457799001.post7198641556478101085..comments2024-03-09T16:22:54.461-05:00Comments on <a href="http://www.dancirucci.com">Dan Cirucci</a>: Poll: Americans Favor GOP On Budget, Other IssuesDan Ciruccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18362893049097966904noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458724113457799001.post-55803702874548739682011-04-30T23:10:51.159-04:002011-04-30T23:10:51.159-04:00They favor the GOP on the top level but not when t...They favor the GOP on the top level but not when the details of the GOP's proposals are revealed. Paul Ryan's proposed "reforms" to Medicare are at best controversial, at worst unpopular.<br />http://swampland.time.com/2011/04/29/what-polling-on-medicare-and-paul-ryans-plan-really-tells-us/<br /><br />Also, while Ryan's proposal sounds good in theory, it won't work in practice. Private insurers don't want to insure medicare-age people because they're higher risk. So either they won't be willing to cover those people (making the vouchers worthless), or they'll offer them policies at such high premiums that they'll be impossible for all but the wealthiest seniors to afford. That means government will have to spend more on the vouchers than they do currently per subscriber for Medicare, or a whole lot of seniors are going to be unable to afford health care.<br /><br />I agree that changes need to be made with Medicare. But getting rid of the system and issuing vouchers instead is not the way to go.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09593093896643755523noreply@blogger.com